They were returning home from fetching firewood on Tuesday evening in Elsa Ntirim village, Burat Ward, Isiolo when the incident happened.
The husband recounted how the lion first attacked his woman who was walking a couple of feet behind him.
The lion pounced on his wife, prompting the husband to turn back and run to defend her.
“It first attacked the woman because she was walking behind me, when it tried to attack her, she ran in front of me and that is when then it came for me. It jumped on me and pushed me down, then it held me down,”.
He told Citizen TV, that on February 8th that said lion turned on him inflicting injuries on his hands, legs, and shoulders as he wrestled it.
“So when it held me down it inflicted the injuries on me. I then shouted to the woman to come help me attack it. I remember I had a panga but it had fallen, so I told her to pick it up and hit the animal,” he shared.
His wife also gave her account of the attack describing how she tried to use the panga to fight the lion and bravely helped her husband.
“I ran with the panga to help I came quickly and hit the lion with the panga many times,” showing the injuries.
They are recuperating at Isiolo Referral Hospital where they asked for help.
This attack comes days after Multi Media University students engaged in a protest after their peer was attacked by a hyena.
21-year-old Kelvin Mwenda, a second-year student, was attacked on Monday night at around 8 pm.
The higher learning institution is located opposite the Nairobi National Park.
Kenya University Student Organisation President Jesse Saruni said the student lost one of his thumbs during the attack.
“He was coming from school heading to his place in Rongai at around 8 pm when the incident happened. The hyena also bit one side of his face,” Saruni said.
“His eye is covered. We are not sure if his other eye is okay because he is covered on one side of the face,” Saruni said.